insert a future date in document based on current date

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bpj - 10 Dec 2004 10:57 GMT

I'm trying to get a document to automatically generate a date in the future
using the current date as a basis.

Thought of using the VB DateAdd function with DateAdd ("d", 3, Date) and get
a compilation error.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

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Doug Robbins - 10 Dec 2004 11:10 GMT

MsgBox DateAdd("d", 3, Date)

works fine here. Maybe it's something else in your code.

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> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

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Charles Kenyon - 10 Dec 2004 18:59 GMT

This is more complex than you might imagine, but it can be done. See
http://addbalance.com/word/datefields2.htm for information on the different
kinds of ways to make a date calculation work. It includes links to pages
with fields and an explanation of different macros that can be used instead
of fields.

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> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

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